Events
How Red is the Pink Tide in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela?
February 12, 2009 (12:00 pm - 1:45 pm)
Location: Mershon Center, Room 120, 1501 Neil Ave
President Hugo Chávez has made it his goal to create "21st Century Socialism" in Venezuela. Critics and sympathizers alike wonder just what the president means by this phrase. Chávez has resisted any sweeping definition but made clear that socialism in Venezuela would be founded upon participatory democracy, solidardistic relations of production, and mixed, innovative forms of property.
This presentation explores the limits and possibilities for construction of such a system by examining the advantages and disadvantages posed by dependence on oil exports and by Venezuelan political culture. Hellinger will draw upon his ongoing research on popular attitudes about democracy, debates within the chavista community on the Internet, and on the political economy of Venezuela as a petrostate.
Link: http://mershoncenter.osu.edu/
Contact Information
Contact: Carol F. Robison (mershoncenter@osu.edu)
Phone: (614) 292-1681
Intercultural Leadership Series Discussion Intercultural Dating
February 12, 2009 (12:00 pm - 1:30 pm)
Location: RPAC Dave Griner Room
Have you ever dated someone from a different culture, religion or experience? Share the challenges, successes and personal lessons learned from connecting with someone different.
Co-Sponsors: Multicultural Center and Department of Recreational Sports
Contact Information
Contact: Candi Krisch, Indra Leyva-Santiago, Christa Porter (ckrisch@studentlife.osu.edu)
Phone: (614) 688-8449
Day of Remembrance:Japanese Internment
February 12, 2009 (All Day)
Location: TBD
We will have a program that discusses the internment of the Japanese in the USA during World War II.
Contact Information
Contact: Kashif Khan (khan.162@osu.edu)
Phone: (614) 688-8449
Embedding Neoliberalism: Crisis, Sexuality and Social Reproduction
February 12, 2009 (3:30 pm - 5:00 pm)
Location: Smith Seminar Room, Physics Research Building 191 West Woodruff Avenue
The talk seeks to intervene in a vibrant and publicly prominent debate within development studies about the role of crisis in ‘postneoliberal,' or Post Washington Consensus policymaking. Gender and, especially, sexuality are largely absent from that debate. I ask: What do contemporary experiences of crisis reveal about the complex inter-connections between rupture and shock on one hand, and gender and sexuality on the other? In concrete crisis conditions, which common sense groundworks of the present (re Nikolas Rose) get unsettled, which get re-entrenched, and what is the role of the development industry in this process?
Link: http://clas.osu.edu/Includes/News/WI09_Web_Calendar_1_23_09.pdf
Contact Information
Contact: Carol Robinson (robison.26@osu.edu)
Phone: (614) 688-3963
University Housing Black Student Association Meeting
February 12, 2009 (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
Location: Frank W. Hale Jr. Black Cultural Center, MLK Lounge, 153 W 12th Ave.
The University Housing Black Student Association is dedicated to addressing the needs of the African American community on campus. Come join us for relevant discussions, empowering speakers, enjoyable activities, and refreshments. Be sure to check our weekly emails for this week's topic. All students are welcome to attend.